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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Division Of Civil Protections And Rights In Department Of Law"
+description: "The act establishes the division of civil protections and rights in the department of law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2023A"
+identifier: "SB 23-247"
+citation: "Colorado SB 23-247 (2023A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Matt Soper", "Said Sharbini"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de11c187-e7c9-421b-a9e9-a45400d76714"
+source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-247"
+source_hash: "e9b9ea8757b8346e08d2e8e0f735cde558e73ae2e48dd1aada619bb8ab3bcede"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
+---
+
+# Colorado SB 23-247 (2023A) — Division Of Civil Protections And Rights In Department Of Law
+
+The act establishes the division of civil protections and rights in the department of law.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_sb247_h_jud_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_247_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_247_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_247_01.pdf)
+5. **Reengrossed (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_247_ren.pdf)
+6. **Rerevised (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_247_rer.pdf)
+7. **Revised (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_247_rev.pdf)
+8. **Signed Act (06/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_247_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **30–5** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **49–16** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
+- Matt Soper — primary (person)
+- Said Sharbini — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de11c187-e7c9-421b-a9e9-a45400d76714`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+